— | Fresh 92%
| Séraphine (2008) |
Click here to read article — New Republic Posted Jun 24, 2009 |
— | Fresh 87%
| Lola Montes (1955) |
Click here to read article — New Republic Posted May 27, 2009 |
— | Rotten 14%
| Showgirls (1995) |
Click here to read article — New Republic Posted May 27, 2009 |
— | Fresh 96%
| Pulp Fiction (1994) |
Click here to read article — New Republic Posted May 27, 2009 |
— | Rotten 50%
| Winning (1969) |
Click here to read article — New Republic Posted May 27, 2009 |
— | Fresh 96%
| L'Avventura (1960) |
Click here to read article — New Republic Posted May 27, 2009 |
— | Fresh 100%
| The Misfits (1961) |
Click here to read article — New Republic Posted May 27, 2009 |
— | Fresh 97%
| The Song of Sparrows (2009) |
Click here to read article — New Republic Posted May 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Goodbye Solo (2009) | "
The overall effect of Goodbye Solo is of living through a drama of huge subjects, articulated in the vernacular." — New Republic Posted May 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| 12 (2007) | "
What keeps the film vital is the acting." — New Republic Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Everlasting Moments (2009) | "
Troell's screenplay, as has often been the case with him, exists for the fullness of its texture, not for dramatic growth and resolution." — New Republic Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
— | Rotten 56%
| Defiance (2008) |
Click here to read article — New Republic Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) | "
A slick account of ancient crevices in the human psyche rendered in cutting-edge cinematic style." — New Republic Posted Nov 20, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 61%
| One Day You'll Understand (2008) | "
One Day You'll Understand is not exclusively a picture about the Holocaust. It is about a contradiction: human discomfort with some truths and human hunger for them." — New Republic Posted Nov 20, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Stranded (2008) | "
We are a bit less fraudulently sure of ourselves afterward." — New Republic Posted Nov 4, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Un Secret (2008) | "
Miller, a skilled veteran, reverses the old visual pattern for films with lengthy flashbacks: he shoots the past in color and the (evolving) present in black and white." — New Republic Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Momma's Man (2008) | "
Momma's Man is an act of daring." — New Republic Posted Sep 17, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| I Served the King of England (2008) | "
The minor protocols and major assaults of the characters are fused, paradoxically, by a truly lyrical talent." — New Republic Posted Sep 17, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| August Evening (2007) | "
Eska, who wrote and edited his film, appears to be at the beginning of a good career." — New Republic Posted Sep 17, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| The Pool (2008) | "
A film that is a kind of counter-film, which sets expectations in an environment that supports unexpected results." — New Republic Posted Sep 17, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| A Girl Cut in Two (2008) | "
As is nearly always the case with Chabrol, a special pleasure pervades the picture." — New Republic Posted Aug 27, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| Frozen River (2008) | "
We quickly sense that the director of this film has unusual perception, and that whatever the story and performances turn out to be, she will make the most of them." — New Republic Posted Aug 27, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Boy A (2008) | "
Crowley gets a remarkable performance from Andrew Garfield: his Jack is a person who carries guilt with him even when he is trying to override it." — New Republic Posted Aug 11, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| A Very British Gangster (2008) | "
A Very British Gangster proves yet again that one great asset of film is vicarious participation in crime." — New Republic Posted Aug 11, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Trumbo (2008) | "
It is oddly pleasant to know that such a man once existed." — New Republic Posted Jul 21, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| The Last Mistress (2008) | "
Asia Argento, as Vellini, is a firebrand, a woman who is attractive even in non-seductive moments when she is angry or downcast or 'off-stage.'" — New Republic Posted Jul 21, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| When Did You Last See Your Father? (2008) | "
What ensures our pleasure is the dialogue, which is supple, and the quality of the acting." — New Republic Posted Jun 29, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 90%
| The Edge of Heaven (2008) | "
The care that Akin expends on his people is skimped in the structure of his screenplay." — New Republic Posted Jun 29, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| Mongol (2008) | "
Mongol has just enough characterization to sustain its own reason for being -- cinematic fullness." — New Republic Posted Jun 29, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| My Winnipeg (2008) | "
My Winnipeg is a mobile collage, and its assemblage is fascinating." — New Republic Posted Jun 29, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007) | "
The subtitle of the film is 'A Love Story.' The picture makes the worn term fresh, moving." — New Republic Posted Jun 29, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 63%
| Battle For Haditha (2007) | "
Films about the Iraq war continue to come and, I hope, will keep coming. Among the most recent, The Battle for Haditha is especially notable." — New Republic Posted May 27, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Sangre de Mi Sangre (2008) | "
Plot flaws and all, we can be glad that the picture was made -- because of its acting." — New Republic Posted May 27, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 40%
| Savage Grace (2008) | "
Unfortunately for all its assets, especially Moore, Savage Grace leaves us somewhat empty-handed." — New Republic Posted May 27, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 71%
| Lust, Caution (2007) | "
Lust, Caution asks some patience of us, but our patience pays off." — New Republic Posted Nov 7, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 36%
| Sleuth (2007) | "
This film wants only to entertain, and other talents have gathered with Pinter to help." — New Republic Posted Nov 7, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Zodiac (2007) | "
Gyllenhaal always manages to present a person of some sensitivity without leaning on actorish resources." — New Republic Posted Oct 18, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Family Law (2006) | "
Particularly good at the tiny details that become recognition points in daily patterns." — New Republic Posted Dec 29, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| The Secret Life of Words (2006) | "
Like Ceylan -- like many a fine director -- Coixet has made her film less as a drama than as the traversal of a state of mind, a mood." — New Republic Posted Dec 15, 2006 |
— | N/A | Lotna (1959) |
Click here to read article — New York Times Posted Nov 11, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 71%
| Climates (2006) | "
Like all good art, it evokes a supranational affinity. And there is an unsurprising paradox: this drama of personal uncertainties is lodged in a certainty of form." — New Republic Posted Nov 3, 2006 |
Rotten
| Fresh 71%
| Infamous (2006) | "
Why did they go ahead anyway? Did they believe that an immense Capote audience was hungering for two films about him?" — New Republic Posted Nov 3, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| Le Petit Lieutenant (2006) | "
[Xavier Beauvois] is a clean and sure director, with a good selective eye: he knows where we ought to be looking at any moment. We can hope for more Beauvois films with worlds of their own." — New Republic Posted Oct 26, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles (2006) | What remains most vividly after Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles, however, is not its story but its world--the immersion in that world of a foreigner, not a polo-shirted Yank but a stiff-necked Japanese. And it is all overseen by a Chinese director. — New Republic Posted Oct 26, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 70%
| World Trade Center (2006) | "
(Director Oliver) Stone has concentrated on one of the catastrophe's stories and has fashioned it well -- with almost palpable physical detail, and with performances that never sink to exploitation." — New Republic Posted Oct 26, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| The Illusionist (2006) | "
What (director Neil) Burger and his colleagues have done is to entrance us with a richly acted, beautifully produced story." — New Republic Posted Oct 26, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| Old Joy (2006) | About [Kelly Reichardt's] directing, after praising her simplicity, one has to praise her daring. To make this film took considerable conviction -- and, for an artist, conviction usually entails courage. — New Republic Posted Oct 26, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 59%
| Al Franken: God Spoke (2006) | "
This film by Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus forces us to make some decisions about him. For myself, I find him generally gross, in person and in manner." — New Republic Posted Oct 26, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006) | "
The essence of the film is that [Kushner], with not a touch of evangelistic pomp, cannot conceive of life as anything other than a campaign to improve life." — New Republic Posted Oct 26, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| 49 Up (2006) | "
The segments are so cleverly arranged -- [director Michael Apted] includes past pictorial references for each of the people we revisit -- that now there is something almost mystical involved." — New Republic Posted Oct 26, 2006 |
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